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Latest Fact-Checks In Health Care

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Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on March 16, 2012 the campaign film "The Road We've Traveled"
Because of the new health care law, "2.5 million young adults now have coverage."
Mostly True
By Louis Jacobson • March 16, 2012
Pat Boone
Pat Boone
stated on March 12, 2012 a television ad
"This (Independent Payment Advisory Board) board can ration care and deny certain Medicare treatments so Washington can fund more wasteful spending."
Pants on Fire!
By Angie Drobnic Holan • March 15, 2012
Rush Holt
Rush Holt
stated on February 24, 2012 an e-mail newsletter
"A clear majority of Americans support removing the cost-sharing requirement for prescription contraceptive coverage."
Mostly True
By Erin O'Neill • March 12, 2012
Mike DeWine
Mike DeWine
stated on February 20, 2012 an interview with MSNBC
"The fact is 90-percent of Down Syndrome children were aborted in this country."
Mostly False
By Reginald Fields • March 8, 2012
Rick Santorum
Rick Santorum
stated on March 6, 2012 a campaign speech in Steubenville, Ohio
After President Barack Obama’s health care law takes full effect, "100 percent" of Americans will "depend on some form of federal payment, some form of government benefit to help provide for them."
False
By Louis Jacobson • March 8, 2012
Rick Santorum
Rick Santorum
stated on February 29, 2012 a campaign speech
Says the federal government "tells health insurance companies how much money they're allowed to keep of what they receive in revenues -- 15 percent."
Half-True
By Molly Moorhead • March 7, 2012
Marcy Kaptur
Marcy Kaptur
stated on February 20, 2012 a campaign commercial
"When (Marcy) Kaptur fought for the Democrats' prescription drug benefit for seniors, (Dennis) Kucinich voted no."
False
By Tom Feran • March 5, 2012
Red, White and Blue Fund
Red, White and Blue Fund
stated on February 24, 2012 a campaign ad
"Gingrich supported individual health insurance mandates."
True
By Molly Moorhead • March 2, 2012
Rick Santorum
Rick Santorum
stated on February 19, 2012 an interview on CBS's "Face the Nation"
"Amniocentesis, does, in fact, result more often than not in this country in abortion."
False
By Becky Bowers • February 27, 2012
Rick Santorum
Rick Santorum
stated on February 19, 2012 an interview on CBS's "Face the Nation"
After prenatal diagnosis, "90 percent of Down syndrome children in America are aborted."
Half-True
By Louis Jacobson • February 27, 2012
Chris Christie
Chris Christie
stated on February 21, 2012 his budget speech
"New Jersey has the second highest rate of institutionalization" of people with developmental disabilities "in America. Only Texas puts more of its citizens -- confines more of its citizens -- to institutions than New Jersey. "
Mostly True
By Erin O'Neill • February 26, 2012
Bill Pascrell
Bill Pascrell
stated on February 1, 2012 a speech on the House floor
Says "sixty-two percent of small businesses over the last five years went under because they couldn't pay their health care bills."
False
By Bill Wichert • February 24, 2012
Alan Bates
Alan Bates
stated on February 14, 2012 a floor speech.
Says "80 percent of the health care dollars are spent by 20 percent of the population."
True
By Ian K. Kullgren • February 23, 2012
Mark Neumann
Mark Neumann
stated on January 26, 2012 a news release
Says the federal government could save $175,587 by eliminating a study of the "connection between cocaine and risky sex habits of the Japanese quail."
Mostly True
February 20, 2012
Rick Santorum
Rick Santorum
stated on February 14, 2012 a television ad
"Romney adviser admits Romneycare was blueprint for Obamacare."
Mostly True
By Louis Jacobson • February 16, 2012
U.S. Chamber of Commerce
U.S. Chamber of Commerce
stated on February 8, 2012 an ad against Sen. Jon Tester, D-Mont.
"Obamacare (hit) Americans with over $500 billion in new taxes."
Half-True
By Becky Bowers • February 16, 2012
U.S. Chamber of Commerce
U.S. Chamber of Commerce
stated on February 8, 2012 a television ad
"Obamacare ... will kill jobs across America."
False
By Louis Jacobson • February 15, 2012
David A. Clarke Jr.
David A. Clarke Jr.
stated on January 23, 2012 remarks
Says Milwaukee blacks have 55 percent male unemployment, 60 percent truancy, a 50 percent graduation rate, the "worst" reading scores and "lead" in infant mortality. 
Half-True
February 13, 2012
Barth Bracy
Barth Bracy
stated on February 3, 2012 a radio interview
The polls "show over half of Americans identify themselves as being pro-life."
Mostly False
By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • February 12, 2012
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on February 10, 2012 a briefing at the White House
"Preventive care … saves money, for families, for businesses, for government, for everybody."
False
By Louis Jacobson • February 10, 2012
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